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    Cow losing teeth

    Hi everyone! Hope y’all are doing well during these crazy times! Just bought a few cow calf pairs. Some were 8-9 years old. Found a set of teeth in the feeder this morning. Online it says cows won’t lose teeth until 12 years of age. Please take a look at the pic and let me know your thoughts...
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    2019 Penn State Bull Test - Results

    Results from the Penn State Bull Test on the top Angus, Simmental, and Simangus. Also showing the full test results for the Simangus from my farm. He's the only Calving Ease bull in the Simangus category and had a YW of 1461! He's an HA Cowboy up out of a Ruby's Wide Open cow. Also has a blaze face.
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    Opinions on Simmental Bull

    Hi, I'm looking to hear the positives on negatives on the sim bull i just purchased. We are just getting into the show game and want to learn more about what to look for in an animal. Please feel free to give critical feedback if there is something you do not like about him! We just want to...
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    Improving Pasture

    Good afternoon, One of my goals for 2019 is to improve the yield in my current pastures and build a few more pastures so my cattle can graze for a few extra months each year. Current pastures do well but have a fair amount of weeds that really start taking over after the cows graze down the...
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    2018 Pennsylvania Bull Test - Prices

    Happy Friday All, I wanted to share the average prices from the PA Performance Bull Test.                         Average Price 57 Angus Bulls - $3,433 6 Red Angus    - $3,717 11 Simmental  - $2,855 6 Herefords    - $3,533  -Many no sales at starting bid of $2k 1 Fleck            - $2,000 1...
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    Ideal Yearling Weight for Heifers

    We recently weighed our replacement heifers to report their yearling weights to the Simmental Association. One of our girls weighed 1,126 lbs on the day before her one year birthday. I've always heard to breed heifers around 800-900 lbs or at 15 months of age. I'm concerned with how quickly...
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    NEW - Simmental breeder in Northern PA

    Hi everyone. My brother and I began breeding Simmental's in 2011. We have been lucky enough to purchase heifers from HPF (Hudson Pines), CWSF (Curry Wagner Simmentals), CLO (Cliff and Lynn Simmentals), WPCC (Palmer Cattle Co.) and many others through the Stars and Stripes sale in Gettysburg and...
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    HOC Broker Calves

    I'm curious on the birth weights people are seeing from Broker. I have a 3 year old Milestone cow that is bred to him. She is huge! I hope she's not carrying twins but after looking at Broker's EPDs i'm hoping its just a big bull. Has anyone seen 100+ lb calves out of Broker? Thanks you in...
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